rebirth of change

Ezana is a young man from the African country of Ethiopia. Although he is only 24 years old, he has already won more than ten marathon championships around the world.

From the beginning, Ezana became a professional marathon runner, but he did not represent the country in the competition, he mainly fought for his own interests.

Ezana was born in a poor peasant family, and he only received six years of school education in total.Although he doesn't study much, like other local children, he has developed a pair of extraordinary legs through the years of living in the mountains.

Ezhana's hometown is relatively remote and the traffic is blocked. Whether they are doing farm work or grazing in the mountains, or going to the township to go to the market, the means of transportation is their own feet.No matter they are facing sandy land, mountains or muddy land, they seem to be able to wade across it as if walking on flat ground. Sometimes in order to chase sheep, Ezana can run across two mountains in one go.

After the age of 15, in order to alleviate the heavy burden of the family, Ezana went to work in the city to earn money.It didn't take long for him to meet a person by accident. The person told him that to earn money, one doesn't have to do coolies on the construction site or on the side of the road. He has a way to help young people like him get rich quickly.

Under the temptation of this person, Ezana gave up the coolie job he had found so hard, and followed this person to a very simple sports field.Here, there are several other young people like him. Although they don't have to work, the food and housing conditions are very poor. Moreover, the man asked them to do one thing every day, and they ran non-stop.Sometimes, as a punishment, those who ran behind had no food at all.

Ezana once wanted to escape, but he couldn't escape at all. There were guards and they didn't have any money on them.Moreover, when they were 16 years old, that person asked them to sign a contract, and they had to fulfill the contract before they could gain complete freedom.

In this way, after persisting for three years, Ezana finally knew why that person treated them like that.It turned out that the man was going to train them to come out to participate in the competition.

That year, Erzana went abroad for the first time, but it was far away once he went abroad. He was arranged to participate in a marathon held in West Asia. That time, Erzana won the runner-up and won a prize of [-] US dollars.

Five thousand dollars, which is a huge amount in Essene, enough to feed a large family comfortably for two years.However, out of the five thousand dollars, Zana only got a hundred dollars, and the rest went to the man they called the coach.

This is part of the contract they signed. According to the contract, until the age of 22, more than 90.00% of Zana's game prize money will be used to pay his training fees and living expenses.

Although he only received a "small money" of one hundred dollars, it was the first time Ezana had come into contact with this kind of money.And sending one hundred dollars home can at least improve the life at home.What's even more different is that since this competition, Zhana's life has also improved a lot. At least there is enough food, he won't be hungry anymore, and he can wear new clothes and shoes.

Starting from West Asia this time, he has traveled to many countries following in the footsteps of Zana. The coach must let him participate in at least four competitions every year, and sometimes every month.Most of the time, they don't have to go back to China, but live in small hotels in the United States, because there are nearly a thousand marathons in the United States every year, and they don't have to worry about the competition at all.

As the results get better and better, the level of competitions he participates in is getting higher and higher, and the "little money" he gets from Zana has also increased. That time he won the championship in a marathon in Japan, and the coach gave him an unprecedented one. Thousands of dollars for rewards.

Although the "little money" obtained each time is still very small compared to the coach, it has become the motivation for Ezana to persevere.

Four years later, after finally earning his coach hundreds of thousands of dollars, Zana was free.However, Zhana did not leave the coach, but formed a cooperative relationship with him. The coach is responsible for arranging the game, and he is responsible for running. .This is equivalent to that if Ezana can win a decent marathon championship, he can get a reward of [-] US dollars, which can allow his family to live a wealthy and upper-class life in their hometown.

This time the Standard Chartered Marathon was the first time for Zana to come to Hong Kong. He didn't care much about the prosperity of Hong Kong. He was more concerned about the champion's prize money of [-] US dollars.

For $[-], Zana was sure to win.The coach helped him study the championship results of the Standard Chartered Marathon in the past four years, and told him that as long as he showed his usual upper-middle results, he could win the championship.Since it was founded not long ago and has not attracted many masters, the results of the Standard Chartered Marathon are only in the middle of the marathon competitions around the world.These so-called "experts" were still invited, and the organizers also solved all the problems of food and accommodation, which made them more confident in the competition.

Like Ezana, Moi from Kenya has the same idea.

Although Moi and Ezana come from different African countries, their backgrounds and experiences are very similar. Both were born in poor families, and they were both discovered and trained before participating in competitions.

In terms of age, Moy is one year younger than Ezana, but his performance is not bad. Since he participated in professional competitions, Moy has won 9 championships, [-] runner-ups and [-] thirds.That is to say, among the nearly [-] marathon races he has participated in, one-third of them can get good rankings. This result is quite terrifying.

Another similarity is that both of them have participated in the oldest Boston Marathon in the world, and their results are very similar. Zana was 11th and Moy was 12th.

It's just that now, the focus of their competition has gradually shifted from the United States to the East, especially China.The reason for making this adjustment is that there are more and more marathon competitions here, and it is easier to get a ranking. Moreover, after they are invited, the local government will almost provide food and accommodation, and even travel expenses will be reimbursed in bottom cities.This kind of treatment is much better than that of European and American countries.

Now Zhana and Moy are leading the first group almost evenly. In the eyes of the two, they seem to regard each other as their biggest competitors.

At first, they were still a little uneasy, because a "Chen Yaojin" came out.

For Chen Kangjie's participation, although they will have disdain, but they can't really completely ignore Chen Kangjie, a strong man in the track and field field. His name is too big, and all the competitions he participated in have never Let the champion fail.

But as the game continued, especially after Chen Kangjie seemed to "quit" midway, they completely relaxed and could no longer take Chen Kangjie seriously.

A sprint is a sprint, and this kind of long-distance running of tens of kilometers is not something everyone can handle.Both of them had thought about it.

There was no sign of Chen Kangjie for 25 kilometers. At a turning point, both Zhana and Moi carefully looked at the straight street more than one kilometer behind them. There was no sign of Chen Kangjie on the street.They concluded that Chen Kangjie really quit. Even if he didn't quit, it would be wishful thinking and impossible to catch up again.

After the whole person relaxed, the two continued to run step by step. Both of them didn't want to speed up yet, they just had to bite each other tightly. They planned to put the final contest on the road section one kilometer away from the finish line.

The idea is indeed very good, but the reality is often cruel.

Encouraged by the more and more enthusiastic audience and stimulated by the more and more excited audience, Chen Kangjie was like a car that had just completed all aspects of maintenance, not only did not slow down, but accelerated a little bit.

Chen Kangjie's reaction made those audiences who were always optimistic about him even more excited, but those competitors who were surpassed by him became crazy.

For those who were overtaken by him, everyone wanted to fight for a breath at the beginning, and they used all their energy to sprint and plan to overtake their position back.However, their sprint momentum was only maintained for three to four hundred meters before they had no choice but to give up.

Because of their relentless pursuit, not only did they fail to regain their positions, but they disrupted their existing rhythm as the gap grew farther and farther.Excessive energy consumption makes the next journey more difficult and painful.

Three kilometers away from the finish line, Chen Kangjie finally attached the tail of the first group. Although he hadn't caught up yet, he could already clearly see the position of the first group.

When there is a goal, there is motivation. In every competition, the most fearful thing is not knowing where your goals and enemies are.

With the competitive target locked, Chen Kangjie not only did not slow down, but exuded a momentum from the inside out, which was a masculinity that refused to admit defeat, a king who did not want to be compared gas.Everyone who saw Chen Kangjie was infected by his indomitable momentum, and their cheers and encouragement for him became more unstoppable. Trembling for it.

Hearing the thunderous cheers behind him, Zana and Moy looked at each other, and both of them saw a trace of doubt and surprise in each other's eyes.

It stands to reason that they shouldn't be distracted at this time, but unable to hold back the curiosity in their hearts, the two of them turned their heads almost simultaneously at a corner and looked back.

It doesn't matter if you don't look at it or not, the two of them were shocked when they saw it, and a strong atmosphere of worry climbed up their black faces all of a sudden.

How did he catch up?This is too unbelievable, just now he couldn't even see the shadow, but now the difference is only 300 meters. If he didn't cheat, is he still human?